Word Up Bookstore Fans Await Fate of Pop-Up Shop
December 19, 2011 8:52am | By Carla Zanoni, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
SEE MORE PHOTOSWASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Booklovers in upper Manhattan eagerly awaited news about the fate of Word Up bookstore, as the popular pop-up shop marked its sixth month over the weekend.
Partygoers of various ages, ethnicities and backgrounds came together Saturday night to mark the benchmark for the multi-use bookstore, which has operated rent free at 4157 Broadway since June.
“Look at this place — you don’t usually see something like this,” said Washington Heights resident Rammer Martínez Sánchez, as he surveyed the packed room. “You don’t see this at Barnes & Noble.”
Saturday’s event, called the "1st Month’s Rent Party," came in anticipation of the bookstore's founders signing a deal with current landlord Vantage Properties that would allow the shop to stay in the same space. The store has continued operating on Broadway on a month-to-month free contract with the real estate firm.
Since DNAinfo first reported about negotiations for the space, shop operators and officials from the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance have been working with Vantage to hammer out a deal.
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